Squid

Formed while at university in Brighton, the five-piece -- Ollie Judge (vocals, drums), Louis Borlase (vocals, guitar), Anton Pearson (guitar), Laurie Nankivell (bass), and Arthur Leadbetter (keys) -- played their first gig after replying to an advert for a "young person's jazz night." Quickly putting a set list together, their idiosyncratic mix of half-yelped, half-sung vocals, jerky, angular guitars, brass blasts, and droney synth lines caught the ears of the U.

Biography via Last.fm.

1. 01 Blood on the Boulders From Cowards 5:46
2. 02 Cowards From Cowards 5:51
3. 03 Fieldworks I From Cowards 2:23
4. 04 Showtime! From Cowards 5:08
5. 05 Crispy Skin From Cowards 6:19
6. 06 Fieldworks II From Cowards 3:19
7. 07 Well Met (Fingers Through The Fence) From Cowards 8:15
8. 08 Building 650 From Cowards 3:51
9. 09 Cro-Magnon Man From Cowards 4:07
10. 10 Peel St. From Bright Green Field 4:52